Hose supporter



Sept. 2 1924.. 1,507,415

H. R. OLIVER HOSE SUPPORTER Filed April 24. 1923 Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

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Be it known that I, IIERBERT R. 'OLIVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of lllaryland. have invented ,a Hose Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in that particular classof hose supporters in which the suspending straps are attached $0 the hose by a clasp comprising a headed stud and engaging loop.

In this conventional type of hose supporters the. supporting strain on the hose or stocking is confined to the stud over which the companion member or loop of the clasp engages, and this pulling strainusually at two or more pointsnot only tends to give an uneven set to the hose or stocking on the leg of the wearer but the supporting engagement of the clasp being so confined to limited portions of the fabric causes threads thereof to break resulting in rn ater.ia'l injury to the stocking, andas the breaking of the threads oftentimes occur at a distance below the clasps the body of the stocking is marred.

The primary object of my invention is to obviate the objections hereinabove mentioned by providing an attachment usable in connection with the ordinary clasp whereby to distribute the pulling strain along the clasps and folded stocking are connected.

A further object of my invention is to provide bearing or reinforcing strips;especially adapted for womens hose or stockings and which may be readily applied around the leg of the wearer to receive the clasps at the .ends of the suspendingsstraps with which corsets areusually providedein one instance cooperating Withthe loop rnember only of the clasp andin another instance usable with the complete .claspcomprising loop and headed stud, .the latter being carried by a tab, as usual.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear, and what I particularly claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is more specifically set forth in the appended claims.

Inthe drawings: F 1g. 1 1s a v ew illustrating the applicat onof my invention n supporting womens stockings.

F ig. 2 is a detail sectional view showing one form of connecting the clasp and stocking to the bearing strip.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation showingtwo of the supporting, strips formed to provide means for connecting the endsoftheband together.

tect it from injury, said band or garterbeing made up of a plurality .of strips or plates, as 6 (Figs. 2 and 6 or 7 (Fig. 4), ..-.each being of a length to provide the desired bearing :forthe upper portionof the stocking A folded thereover, as hereinafter explained, and are connected together to be suitably spaced apart by strips 8 of elastic material. in 2, 3 and 5, each bearingstripor In one instance, as shown plate is provided with a headed stud .9 to

Zreceive the loop member 10 of an ordinary iformof clasp at theendof the suspending straps 1 1, and in another instance the plates may be provided with elliptical holes or openings 12, as shown in Fig. .4, whereby a complete clasp at the end of the suspending .strap comprising .loop member 10 and cooperatingmember or headed stud 13 on tab 14 may be used; it being .understood that when the headedstudis formed on the bear- :In Awherein the plates 7 are show]; provided with openings for using complete clasps at the ends of the suspending straps 11 the ends of the garter comprising said plates and connecting elastic strips or hands 8 are fastened together detachably by a metal hook 15 at one end of the garter engaging a metal loop 16 at the other end of said garter; but as shown in Fig. 5 the ends of the garter may be connected by providing one of the plates, as short plate 17 with a keyhole slot 18 to engage a headed stud 9 on a companion plate 19, said stud serving also to receive a clasp loop-member in attaching the folded stocking to said plates, and the latter may be of such a length as to have another stud 9 thereon spaced a suitable distance from the one hereinabove mentioned.

When plates are used having holes to receive a hose-supporter clasp I prefer to connect the several plates by short strips of elastic, as shown in Fig. 4, but when the plates are provided with headed studs, as shown in Fig. 5, I prefer to connect them by a single long elastic strip or band threading the same through the slots 6 and across the back of the plates in the well known manner, and in this'instance of course said plates can'be spaced apart to the desired extent by simply sliding them on the elastic strip.

The bearing strips or plates of the band or garter are made of celluloid or other material having the required stability and resiliency to conform to the leg of the wearer, and in practice are each of a length to give the required bearing for the folded upper end of the stocking. 1

The use of the band or garter will be readily understood from the foregoing description in connection with the drawing, for it is applied around the leg of the wearer over the stocking below the upper end so that a portion thereof, as a, may be folded over said garter, and then the clasp is engaged to hold the stocking and garter together for suspension by the straps 11. lVhen the plates are provided with studs the fold of the stocking is engaged by said studs and the loop-member of the clasp, and when said plates are provided with holes or openings (Fig. 4) both parts of the fold of the stocking are engaged by the stud and clasps with which corsets are provided. However, the garter or band may be used also in supporting mens socks in connection with the'conventional garters which have straps and clasps. I claim:

1. A device for supporting hose in connection with suspending straps and hose fasteners comprising a band to encircle the leg and hose a suflicient distance below the up- .per'end of the latter so that the upper portion of said hose is folded forwardly over said band, means .for connecting the ends of the band, plates carried by the band and having their upper edges of considerable length to provide extensive bearings for the fold of the hose, and means forming a part of said plates respectively for cooperating with the aforesaid hose fasteners in connecting the folded portion of the hose to the plates, whereby the pull of the hose is along the upper edges of said plates around the leg of the wearer.

2. A device for supporting hose in connection with suspending straps and hose fasteners comprising a band to encircle the leg and hose a sufiicient distance below the upper end of the latter so that the upper portion of said hose is folded forwardly over said band, means, for'connecting the ends of the band, plates carried by the band and having their upper edges of considerable length to provide extensive bearings for the fold of the hose, and studs projecting outwardly from the plates and over which the folded portion of the hoseis fastened by the aforesaid clasps, whereby the pull of the hose is distributed along the upper edges of the plates around the leg of the wearer.

8. A device for supporting hose in connection with suspending straps and hose fasteners comprising a band to encircle the leg of the wearer over the hose a sufficient dis tance below the upper end of the latter so that the upper portion of said hose is folded over said band, plates carried at the ends and interniediate portion of the band, said plates being of considerable length toprovide extensive bearings for the fold ofthe hose, studs projecting outwardly from the plates and over which the folded portion of the hose is fastened by the aforesaid cl asps, a plate at one end of; the band having a keyhole slot, and a plate at the other end of the band with a stud engaging the keyhole slot and over which the hoseis fas tened,'the last mentioned plates connecting I the band around the leg of the wearer, whereby theconnecting plates and intermediate plates provide for distributing the pull of the hose along the upper edges of said plates around the leg of the wearer.

HERBERT R. OLIVER. 

